Instagram Just Gave You One Less Reason To Use Camera+ — Photosharing app Instagram went through a subtle redesign this afternoon. In addition to the brand new “Sierra” filter, Notifications improvements and a UI/UX refresh where the feed, popular, share and news buttons have all been divorced …

Five years later, I'm off to ABC News... Funny enough, it was exactly five years ago this week that I decided I wanted to be a technology reporter. — I was working at a New York PR agency — my first job out of college — and knowing that I loved new technology, my friend Becca asked …

Mystery HTC Ice Cream Sandwich phone for Verizon surfaces — UPDATE: After checking the Service Information screen, our source now tells us that the phone is 100% Verizon-bound. Congrats to all of you riding on “the nation's most reliable 4G network”! — Looky what we have here - a brand new HTC Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone!

AT&T doubles handset upgrade fee to $36 [updated] — AT&T is increasing the fee charged when subscribers upgrade to new handsets on contract beginning this Sunday. BGR has been informed by multiple readers via email that AT&T has sent them notices regarding the increased fee, which had previously been $18.

24 Hours — There are crazy days and then there are days like yesterday. Kickstarter has experienced some frantic hours but nothing like what happened in the 24-hour span between Wednesday at 6:54pm and Thursday at 6:44pm. Two million-dollar projects, a major political speech involving Kickstarter …

Amazon hiring creative execs for original programming — Add Amazon to the list of online video providers that could soon release some new original programming. The company is looking to hire creative executives to develop and produce original comedies and kids shows for online and traditional distribution.